Melkkos (South African Cinnamon Milk Pudding)

Name: Melkkos (South African Cinnamon Milk Pudding)
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 750ml full fat milk; 1 cinnamon stick; 150g plain flour; 40g butter, cold and cubed; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 0.25 tsp salt; 2 tbsp caster sugar, for the topping; 1 tsp ground cinnamon, for the topping; 10g butter, to finish

Tiny buttery flour crumbs cooked in hot cinnamon milk until thick and comforting. Real South African nursery food.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.35 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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750 mlfull fat milk
1cinnamon stick
150 gplain flour
40 gbuttercold and cubed
1 tbspcaster sugar
¼ tspsalt
2 tbspcaster sugarfor the topping
1 tspground cinnamonfor the topping
10 gbutterto finish

Method

1
Rub the flour, 40 g butter, 1 tablespoon sugar and salt together with your fingertips until you have small, uneven crumbs the size of rice grains.
2
Warm the milk with the cinnamon stick in a large pan until just simmering.
3
Sprinkle the crumbs into the milk a handful at a time, stirring all the time so they do not clump.
4
Turn the heat low and cook for 10 minutes, stirring often, until thick and the crumbs are tender.
10 min
5
Stir in the 10 g butter and take out the cinnamon stick.
6
Mix the topping sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over each bowl. Serve hot.

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